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1 Section 6 (Civil Justice Council) is amended as follows. 2 After subsection (2) insert— 2A The Lord Chancellor must decide the following questions, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice— a how many members of the Council are to be drawn from each of the groups mentioned in subsection (2); b how many other members the Council is to have. 2B It is for— a the Lord Chief Justice to appoint members of the judiciary to the Council, after consulting the Lord Chancellor; b the Lord Chancellor to appoint other persons to the Council. 3 After subsection (4) insert— 5 The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this section.